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Old 24th Sep 2010, 15:14
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Cool

Incidentally, the logic in discharging both bottles when there is evidence of a fire in the vicinity is to avoid the bottles exploding in any fire
The bottles will not explode as they have a pressure relief built in. Remember the little red discs on the pylons for 747 and near the apu, that was/is your relief indication, nowadays it's by a light in the cockpit of the modern jets.
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